Sentences with phrase «about advocacy skills»

«The majority of cases are won or lost before going to trial and you need to be just as vigilant about your advocacy skills outside the courtroom.»

These students participated in a Schoolwide Enrichment Model, or SEM, class and learned about advocacy skills.

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► In this week's Science editorial, Joanne Padrón Carney, the director of government relations at AAAS, wrote about the relationships among science, advocacy, and policy, and outlined the skills scientists need to become more effective advocates for science — namely, communication skills and knowledge about how science policy is made.

CO ASCD will also sponsor an annual advocacy event — either face - to - face or online — that will feature policymakers and educators having conversations about education policy issues or helping teachers develop their leadership skills in advocacy and influence.

Their second year of funding will allow for 1) the creation of a cohort of teachers that will examine discipline data and develop policies and strategies that address trends and disparities; 2) the creation of a cohort of 65 students that will learn about discipline disparities, the school to prison pipe, and will develop advocacy skills in order to tell their stories, 3) opportunities for both groups to inform and shape MNPS policies on student discipline.

The conference will feature informational sessions about ESEA reauthorization, the Common Core State Standards, and education funding; presentations by influential federal policymakers and national education leaders on the presidential campaign and Congress's education priorities for 2012; advocacy skill - building sessions to help increase your influence at the federal, state, and local levels throughout the year; and Capitol Hill visits with your federal lawmakers.

This video series was developed through a partnership with the Hunt Institute as part of National PTA's ongoing effort to provide accurate information about the Common Core State Standards and to assist PTA membership with developing grassroots advocacy skills.

About Blog The mission of the school counseling program is to facilitate development of excellence in professional competence, personal growth, and respect for diversity in order to prepare graduates for distinguished service particularly in the areas of leadership, advocacy and support of the educational achievement and life success skills of all students.

Sceptics need an organised and calmly expressed story about the facts, with any emotion reserved for concluding statements about missallocation of resources, sadness about the distorting effect of «group think» and «climate advocacy» on the Science, and concern that personal agenda's have pushed some skilled men and women into error.

This week long seminar focuses on teaching young lawyers from around the country about trial advocacy skills in civil litigation.

However, you can write about the skills that you have, including instruction, planning, leading a team, mentoring, personnel operations, administrative operations, problem - solving, negotiations, advocacy, interpersonal skills, and technical skills.

About Blog The mission of the school counseling program is to facilitate development of excellence in professional competence, personal growth, and respect for diversity in order to prepare graduates for distinguished service particularly in the areas of leadership, advocacy and support of the educational achievement and life success skills of all students.

Alberta Canada About Blog The ACA leads Alberta's non-residential construction industry through advocacy, industry standard practices, and promotion of a skilled workforce.

The AAIMH hold a national conference annually to enhance knowledge and skills about infancy and promote research, education, mutual support through networking, and advocacy for children's mental health and wellbeing.

Also included is an additional feature article, both in English and in Spanish, about the Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors program that seeks to improve the school readiness outcomes of Latino children by strengthening the leadership and advocacy skills of parents.

In this case, we used our advocacy skills to provide educators with evidence - based resources and information about the role of school psychologists.